Darin Gantt, of the Rock Hill Herald, reports Carolina Panthers impending restricted free-agent DT Louis Leonard might have received a low tender worth $1.101 million, but the Panthers would not receive compensation if another team signed Leonard. The team may consider giving Leonard a second-round tender worth $1.684 million, but the cost may be too high for the Panthers.

Steve Reed, of CarolinaGrowl.com, reports Carolina Panthers DT Louis Leonard is expected to play in the team's preseason finale Thursday, Sept. 3. Head coach John Fox said, "It will be just limited because we don't know that much about him. He's been in a camp but he's going to be limited in what he knows in our system. We'll probably get him some reps buy how many we don't know at this point."